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Google’s Gemini will steer clear of election talk in India

Google’s Gemini won’t answer questions about the 2024 election. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Google will block the AI chatbot’s ability to generate responses about elections worldwide this year.

“Out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic, we have begun to roll out restrictions on the types of election-related queries for which Gemini will return responses,” the company wrote in a Google India blog post on Tuesday. In the meantime, try Google Search.” In addition to America’s Biden-Trump rematch (and down-ballot races that will determine control of Congress), India and South Africa will hold national elections this year. Gemini got the company in hot water last month when social media users posted samples where the chatbot applied diversity filters to “historical images,” including presenting Nazis and America’s Founding Fathers as people of color.

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